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Elementary Religious Education

Elementary Religious Education for  Grades 1 - 5

Grades 1 & 2 (Sacramental Preparation)
Tuesdays from 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
 
 
-- See File Attachments Below for Calendar of Classes & Enrollment Forms --
 
 
For more information, please call Monica at the rectory office (626) 796-0432, ext 113.
 
WELCOME & GENERAL INFORMATION

We are all very excited to begin a new year together learning about God and our beautiful Catholic faith. We look forward to joining with you, as parents, in contributing to your child’s knowledge of God and the Church.  In order to have a firm understanding of the mission of our program, please read the information below.
 

Archdiocesan Elementary Religious Education Program Statement:
 
Catechesis during childhood depends largely on the child’s experience in his or her relationship with others.  The child’s immediate environment, normally the home, remains the child’s main experience of this lived relationship to God. But also, the support of a larger community becomes highly important to formation in faith and its absence becomes a serious matter.  Catechesis seeks to help children make an increasingly personal response to God’s word and gifts.  Catechesis approaches young persons with reverence and aids them in discovering and developing their unique, God-given gifts with the help of the Gospel.  (National Catechetical Directory, #178)
   
 
Saints Felicitas & Perpetua Religious Education Program strives to assist each child to:
  1. Nurture their personal sense of spirituality.
  2. Trust in our God who is loving and caring.
  3. Look for and respect the presence of God in them, in others, and in the world around them.
  4. Experience joy and ease in traditional and spontaneous prayer.
  5. Develop a strong familiarity and love for the Scripture as God speaking to us.
  6. Learn and understand the major teachings of our Catholic faith.
  7. Grow in their understanding and appreciation of the Mass and their sense of belonging to the worshiping community.
  8. Share the Good News of Scripture and our Catholic faith with those around them.

General Information   
 
  • Yearly Enrollment Requirements and Fees
    • To be eligible for enrollment, each family must fall into one of the following categories:
      • The family may be registered at the rectory office and be an active and supporting family in the parish.  All registered families are asked to use the weekly envelopes to support parish life.
      • A family may be registered at another parish and attend our program due to a scheduling conflict.
    • The fee of $100.00 per child helps to defray the costs of the program (student insurance, textbooks, and all supplies and materials used in class).
    •  An additional fee of $50.00 per child is charged for children in the 2nd grade/Sacramental class.
  • Set Curriculum: The curriculum used is the Blest Are We Series by Silver Burdett Ginn Religion.  Children experience a “spiral” approach to learning our Catholic faith as the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church—Belief, Worship/Liturgy, Morality, and Prayer—are taught and developed on every grade level every year.  This curriculum has been evaluated by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and has been approved and recommended for use in religious programs in this Archdiocese.
  • Catechists (Teachers): The catechists are volunteers who are willing to spend time sharing their faith with the children of the parish. Most of them have many years of experience as catechists.  All are competently prepared to teach the children.
 
Parent Role and Responsibilities
 
Parents are the first and foremost catechists of their children.  This means that you are primarily responsible for the faith formation of your child.  You have a very important role in your child’s success in the parish program.  To ensure your child understands our Catholic faith, we need your cooperation in the following duties:
 
Mass Attendance:  Attendance at Mass is considered a very high priority for your child to understand the centrality of the Holy Eucharist in our lives as Catholics.  The example of public worship within our faith community is essential for your child to understand the teachings in the classroom.
 
Prayer:  Your child needs to learn our traditional Catholic prayers at home.  Teaching your child to pray enables the catechist to teach the curriculum required by the U.S. Catholic Bishops.  (See attached prayer sheet.)
 
Support:  It is important that you take an active participation in your child’s faith formation and help them realize how important their religious education classes are.
 

Student Responsibilities and Expectations
  1. Students are required to cooperate and behave in ways that encourage living as children of God and treating each other with respect, courtesy and kindness.
  2. Students are required to learn our Catholic traditional prayers:   Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Act of Contrition. See attached prayer sheet.
  3. Students are required to complete their assignments and actively participate in class.
  4. Students are required to make a genuine effort to attend Sunday Mass weekly and participate with responses, singing and prayer.
  5. Students are required to observe classroom and yard rules.